Editing Atri (section)

== Cultural influence ==
[[File:Sri Vikhanasa Maharishi.jpg|thumb|Left to right: Atri, Bhrigu, Vikhanasa, Marichi and Kashyapa.]]
The [[Vaikhanasas]] sub-tradition within [[Vaishnavism]] found in South India near Tirupati, credit their theology to four [[Rishi]]s (sages), namely Atri, Marichi, Bhrigu and Kashyapa. One of the ancient texts of this tradition is ''Atri Samhita'', which survives in highly inconsistent fragments of manuscripts.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan Gonda|title=Aspects of Early Viṣṇuism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8urRsuUJ9oC |year=1969|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-1087-7|pages=241–242 with footnote 30}}</ref> The text are rules of conduct aimed at Brahmins of the ''Vaikhanasas'' tradition.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Atri (Mahaṛiṣi.)|author2=V. Raghunathachakravarti Bhattacharya|author3=Mānavalli Rāmakr̥ṣṇakavi|title=Samurtarchanadhikarana (Atri-samhita)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_lM_AAAAIAAJ|year=1943|publisher=Tirumalai-Tirupati Devasthanams Press}}</ref> The surviving parts of the ''Atri Samhita'' suggest that the text discussed, among other things, yoga, and ethics of living, with precepts such as:

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<poem>
Self restraint: 
*If material or spiritual pain is created by others, and one is not offended and does not wreak revenge, it is called ''Dama''.
Charity: 
*Even with limited income, something should be given away daily with care and liberal spirit. This is called ''Dana''.
Compassion: 
*One should behave like his own self, towards others, his own relations and friends, him who envies him, and even his enemy. This is called ''Daya''.
</poem>
|Atri Samhita|Translated by MN Dutt<ref>{{cite book|author=Manmatha Nath Dutt|title=Yâjnawalkya Samhitâ. Hârita Samhitâ. Us'ana Samhitâ. Angiras Samhitâ. Yama Samhitâ. Atri Samhitâ. Samvarta Samhitâ. Kâtyayana Samhitâ. Vrihaspati Samhitâ. Daksha Samhitâ. Sâtâtapa Samhitâ. Likhita Samhitâ. Vyâsa Samhitâ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cnMrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA291-IA3|year=1908|publisher=Elysium Press|page=291}}</ref>}}

The Vaikhanasas continue to be a significant community in South India, and they adhere to their Vedic heritage.<ref>J. Gonda (1977), [https://www.jstor.org/stable/616501 Religious Thought and Practice in Vaikhānasa Viṣṇuism], Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Cambridge University Press, Volume 40, Number 3, pages 550-571</ref>